NEW LONGTON UNDER FIVES PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1027322 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Full time day nursery for children aged 6 months to 5 years. We operate from a village hall and purpose built portacabin.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£472k
Latest spending
£405k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an excess of income over expenditure of £67,149.76 for the year ended 2024-25, resulting in accumulated funds of £257,741.33. The filing was prepared by an independent examiner without carrying out an audit. The charity maintains a reserve policy related to the number of employees.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: in relation to the number of employees (held: £258k)
“New Longton Under 5’s has maintained a reserve policy and account in relation to the number of employees” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£472k£405k
31/08/2024£298k£285k
31/08/2023£299k£267k
31/08/2022£285k£226k
31/08/2021£198k£213k

Common questions

Is NEW LONGTON UNDER FIVES PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated an excess of income over expenditure of £67,149.76 for the year ended 2024-25, resulting in accumulated funds of £257,741.33. The filing was prepared by an independent examiner without carrying out an audit. The charity maintains a reserve policy related to the number of employees. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/11/2018£10kNew Ventures

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEWTON LONGVILLE PRE-SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NEW LONGTON UNDER FIVES PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP£472k—0unclear—no doubt
NEWTON LONGVILLE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£218k—0unclear—no doubt
ORTON LONGUEVILLE PLAYGROUP FY2025£350k—0above—no doubt
SUTTON BONINGTON PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£175k—0unclear—no doubt
HUNTON AND LINTON UNDER FIVES PLAYGROUP FY2025£135k—0unclear—no doubt
NITON PRE SCHOOL FY2025£586k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.